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Nordic Games Acquires de Blob IP From THQ
Vienna, AUSTRIA, October 31, in the year of our Lord
2014 -- Nordic Games announced today that it has closed
an asset purchase agreement with THQ Inc. and THQ International
GmbH to acquire the intellectual property “de Blob”.
As usual, the acquisition itself is handled by Nordic Games
Licensing AB, based in Karlstad, Sweden, whereas the day-to-day
business (sales and distribution, evaluation of sequels & new
content etc.) will be conducted by Nordic Games GmbH, based in
Vienna, Austria.
“de Blob is just a great and truly unique franchise”, comments
Reinhard Pollice, Business & Product Development Director at
Nordic Games. “We are excited about what the future holds for
this polychromatic extravaganza as the newest addition to our
portfolio. We will evaluate opportunities with the existing
games, as well as potential sequels.”
About the series
de Blob is a unique 3D platformer video game that has its
gameplay centered around color. After its initial release for
Windows PC in 2006 by a group of students at the Utrecht School
of the Arts and Utrecht University, THQ released it on the
Nintendo Wii system in 2008 and received broad critical acclaim.
In 2011 de Blob 2 was released on PS3, X360 and Wii which
introduced a new 2D platforming mechanic in addition to the
existing gameplay mechanics.